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2012Final results

2012 election for Illinois Legislative District 36

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Mike Jacobs (D) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Bill Albracht (R) by 9.6 points.

Mike JacobsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.8%51,086
Bill AlbrachtRepublican
45.2%42,102
93,188 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+21.81992D+22.12006D+17.62008D+9.62012R+8.52014R+1.72018

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET